Philosophical Transactions (Abridgement Series)/Biographies

Links to Biographical notes from
"The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,
from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800;
abridged, with notes and biographic illustrations,
by Charles Hutton, LL.D, FRS, George Shaw, MD, FRS, FLS,
and Richard Pearson, MD, FSA" (in 18 volumes)
 (1809)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society, begun in 1665. The abridgement series printed in 1809 covers the content of the original volumes covering the period 1665-1800. The biographies were new in the 1809 publication, apparently written by the abridgement editors.

567665Links to Biographical notes from
"The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,
from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800;
abridged, with notes and biographic illustrations,
by Charles Hutton, LL.D, FRS, George Shaw, MD, FRS, FLS,
and Richard Pearson, MD, FSA" (in 18 volumes)
1809

James Bradley (Volume 7, p.13)

Edmund Halley (Volume 2, pp.326-328)